Rome holds day of mourning for employee killed in tower collapse, 5 Italians killed in Nepal mountain storms, and extra information on Wednesday.
Rome holds day of mourning for employee killed in tower collapse
The Metropolis of Rome declared a day of mourning on Wednesday for a 66-year-old building employee who was killed when a part of a medieval tower he was serving to to revive within the metropolis’s historic centre caved in.
Firefighters extracted Octav Stroici from the rubble of the 13-century Torre dei Conti on Monday evening after an 11-hour rescue operation, however he died shortly after in hospital.
In a assertion revealed to its web site, the council stated flags could be flown at half-mast on all municipal buildings as an indication of mourning.
Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri expressed his “deepest condolences” for Stroici’s passing and prolonged “heartfelt ideas to his household, colleagues, and all these near him.”
A scheduled flyover by Italy’s Frecce Tricolori aerial show staff to mark Nationwide Unity Day on Tuesday was cancelled to keep away from disrupting efforts to make the Torre dei Conti protected.
5 Italians killed in Nepal mountain storms
5 Italian climbers had been amongst these killed in fierce mountain storms that claimed the lives of 9 folks within the Himalayas since Friday, officers stated on Tuesday.
Alessandro Caputo and Stefano Farronato, who had been out of contact since Friday, had been confirmed useless in a assertion by Italy’s overseas ministry. They’d been making an attempt to scale the 6,887-metre Panbari mountain.
“Their deaths had been confirmed this morning by native authorities,” the ministry stated. “The compatriots had been caught in heavy snowfall at Camp 1 (5,000 metres above sea stage).”
In a second incident on Monday, an avalanche hit a gaggle of 12 folks on the base camp of Yalung Ri peak in central Nepal, killing seven folks together with three Italians, two Nepalis, a German and a French climber.
Commercial
Work-related deaths in Italy as much as 777 since begin of yr
The variety of deadly work-related accidents in Italy has risen to 777 since January, the newest knowledge from office accident insurers INAIL reveals.
The determine represents a small improve of 0.9 p.c on the identical interval in 2024, in accordance with the Ansa information company’s abstract of INAIL’s findings.
Of the full quantity, 570 incidents occurred within the office, whereas 207 had been deadly accidents that passed off when folks had been travelling to or from work.
The company stated it had acquired 310,726 stories of work-related accidents between January and September, a 0.2 p.c lower on the identical interval in 2024, whereas workplace-related sicknesses had elevated by 9.7 p.c to 71,682.
With reporting from AFP.
